As more companies say they’ll replace human workers with artificial intelligence, Sen. Josh Hawley is pushing a bipartisan bill that would allow Congress to track how AI impacts American jobs.

Hawley, R-Mo., introduced the AI-Related Jobs Impacts Clarity Act early last month with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. If passed, the bill would require companies and federal agencies to report the number of people they lay off due to AI to the Department of Labor at the end of each quarter.

The department would then compile that data and publish a report to Congress and the public on how AI impacts American jobs, a data point Hawley and Warner say is needed as Congress looks toward ongoing policy on the workforce and AI.

“Artificial intelligence is already replacing American workers, and experts project

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